Episode 58: Socks and a Rant
All the notes and links for my million sock projects of the last few years and a rant about the dry, repetitive nature of social media lately. Also the longest list of blogs I followed for blogging geeks.
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Blog Plans vs Planned Obsolescence
It doesn’t matter how we stagger our device purchases, they all seem to become outmoded for our needs at the exact same time, every one developing issues that can’t be…
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50mm | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
Saguaro Blossom Hat
The last hat I indulged in during the Any Hat KAL is the Saguaro Blossom Hat by Anne Podlesak. I found this pattern in her Free Spirit Knits book, during an…
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When your pom pom has a life of it’s own, you know it’s the correct size.
Now, my regular blogging can begin. Now, that all of the hurricane clean-up/ moving my daughter is finished. Now that I have completed my first week as a BSF CL…
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50mm | craft | knitting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
A Long Journey, Literally
Something…something got finished for the Summer Sweater Knit-Along through all of this vacation, then hurricane, craziness. I didn’t think it would happen when I had to frog my Heritage, but…
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50mm | knitting | linkage | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
Gathered Around Me
I’m still working on my Marley shawl, but my Gather, another Andrea Mowry design, is now complete. It isn’t easy to stand outside in a wool/ linen shawl right now. It’s not…
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50mm | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud | travel
The Orri Shawl
I am fresh from family vacation, where I had no connection with the outside world for about 2 weeks. It wasn’t the kind of vacation that’s all about relaxing….
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kal | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud
Hipster KAL
I knew I would be taking part in the Summer Sweater KAL, that’s a given. But when I heard Brooklyn Knitfolk’s Jaclyn talk about how over “fade” projects she is and…
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kal | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud
Summer Sweater Knit-along Plans
I’m so excited about the beginning of the Summer Sweater KAL! I had a million things on theneedles in June, but now I’m down to six. This is really good,…
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Perfect Day
Here’s what my perfect day in Galveston looks like. First, you get in the ferry line early enough to eat brunch at Mosquito Cafe. We like the walnut crusted brie…